Seismic anisotropy and compositionally induced velocity anomalies in the lithosphere above mantle plumes: A petrological and microstructural study of mantle xenoliths from French Polynesia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 539-556

  Tommasi, Andréa ^a   Godard, Marguerite ^a   Coromina, Guilhem ^a   Dautria, Jean Marie ^a   Barsczus, Hans ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Melt percolation; Melt rock reaction; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; THERMAL EROSION;

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITION; EROSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE EFFECTS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ANOMALY; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; XENOLITH;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; WORLD;

EID: 7044270941     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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